John Carter
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: March 9, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
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Mixed or average reviews based on 43 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
20
Negative:
7
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25
New York PostLou LumenickMar 9, 2012
Interminably long, dull and incomprehensible, John Carter evokes pretty much every sci-fi classic from the past 50 years without having any real personality of its own. Read full review
25
Washington PostAnn HornadayMar 8, 2012
Even Strong's best efforts can't save John Carter from collapsing in on itself like a dead star. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMar 8, 2012
The opening to John Carter is a dud, a battle between airships made of woven bamboo, bursting into computer-generated flame over a sandy terrain. There's nothing to see, nothing to think about, nothing to care about, and nothing to feel, just emptiness. The emptiness is never filled over the course of 132 long, barren minutes. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanMar 7, 2012
Nothing in John Carter really works, since everything in the movie has been done so many times before, and so much better. Read full review
20
The GuardianPeter BradshawMar 18, 2012
Dejah, with her seen-it-all-before smirk, is not a very sympathetic heroine, and Kitsch is stolid and dull. And as for the red planet, the answer to David Bowie's famous question is no. What a sadd'ning bore it is. Read full review
16
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallMar 7, 2012
Most annoying is John Carter's scarcity of action. This much buck should buy more bang. Read full review
12
Slant MagazineJaime N. ChristleyMar 6, 2012
As film theorist Siegfried Kracauer once wrote, to paraphrase, art often blooms in the most hostile soil. No such luck here. Read full review
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